BOV Premier League | Birkirkara 2 – Qormi 1

Qormi’s poor form continued as they suffered a 2-1 defeat against Birkirkara.

Photo: Dominic Borg
Photo: Dominic Borg

The stripes forged ahead after ten minutes. Petar Orlandic spotted Jamie Azzopardi out of position and lobbed the ball behind him.

Qormi hit back and equalised on the 29th minute. Tensior Gusman placed the ball inside the net from close range.

However, Birkirkara scored the winning goal on the 64th minute. Jake Grech hit a shot from inside the penalty area that gave Azzopardi no chance.

Following this result, Qormi remain anchored at the bottom of the table together with Senglea. On the other hand, Birkirkara are momentarily fifth.

Birkirkara starting line-up:  Kristijan Naumovski, Danilo Augusto Chapoval, Matthew Guillaumier, Paul Fenech, Petar Orlandic, Jake Grech, Kurt Zammit, Eduardo Ferreira dos Santos, Cain Attard, Marcelo Franca de Siqueira, Carlos Alberto Chavarria

Qormi starting line-up: Jamie Azzopardi, Ferud Nadere Gnindokponou, Davide Mansi, Yannick Yankam, Seo In Kim, Alan Abela, Michael Borg, Danny Kabeya, Alexsandro Ferreira, Iven Zammit, Tensior Gusman

Referee: Malcolm Spiteri
Assistant Referees: Alan Camilleri, Darko Stankovic
Fourth Official: Daniel Casha
BOV Player of the Match: Jake Grech (Birkirkara)